Acute ischemic stroke in a child with cyanotic congenital heart disease due to non-compliance of anticoagulation

作     者：Misbahuddin Mohammad Anish F.James Raheel S.Qureshi Sapan Saraf Tina Ahluwalia Joy Dev Mukherji Tamorish Kole 

作者机构：Department of Emergency MedicineMax Super Speciality Hospital Department of RadiologyMax Super Speciality Hospital Department of NeurologyMax Super Speciality Hospital 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Emergency Medicine》 (世界急诊医学杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2012年第3卷第2期

页      面：154-156页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100204[医学-神经病学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Acute ischemic stroke Congenital heart disease Single ventricle Fontan operation Warfarin Thrombolytic 

摘      要：BACKGROUND:Stroke is a common presentation in geriatric patients in emergency department but rarely seen in pediatric *** case of acute ischemic stroke in pediatric age group,management is different from that of adult ischemic stroke where thrombolysis is a good ***:We report a case of a 17-year-old male child presenting in emergency with an episode of acute ischemic stroke causing left hemiparesis with left facial weakness and *** patient suffered from cyanotic congenital heart disease for which he had undergone Fontan operation *** had a history of missing his daily dose of warfarin for last 3 days prior to the ***:The patient recovered from acute ischemic stroke without being ***:In pediatric patients,acute ischemic stroke usually is evolving and may not require thrombolysis.